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Two out of the three major indices are trading lower today with the
Dow Jones Industrial Average (
^DJI) trading up 40 points (0.3%) at 12,582 as of Friday, Nov. 16, 2012, 11:59 AM ET. The NYSE advances/declines ratio sits at 1,549 issues advancing vs. 1,392 declining with 99 unchanged.

TheStreet Ratings group would like to highlight 3 stocks pushing the industry higher today:

3.
Church & Dwight Company (
CHD) is one of the companies pushing the Consumer Non-Durables industry higher today. As of noon trading, Church & Dwight Company is up $0.35 (0.7%) to $51.32 on average volume Thus far, 351,070 shares of Church & Dwight Company exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 828,000 shares. The stock has ranged in price between $50.71-$51.48 after having opened the day at $50.82 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $50.97.

Church & Dwight Co., Inc., together with its subsidiaries, develops, manufactures, and markets a range of household, personal care, and specialty products under various brand names in the United States and internationally. Church & Dwight Company has a market cap of $7.1 billion and is part of the consumer goods sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 21.8, above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 11.4% year to date as of the close of trading on Thursday. Currently there are 6 analysts that rate Church & Dwight Company a buy, 2 analysts rate it a sell, and 8 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Church & Dwight Company as a
buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures, impressive record of earnings per share growth, increase in net income and solid stock price performance. Although no company is perfect, currently we do not see any significant weaknesses which are likely to detract from the generally positive outlook. Get the full
Church & Dwight Company Ratings Report now.